McConnell freezes up again at news conference

[Doctor Phibes]

Oh, that's just awful. Somebody really needs to take charge and get him out of that job.

[Jolly]

Enough about Biden, what about the Murder Turtle?

[89th]

That's sad. Time to step down and rest.

[Copper]

That was the move on Star Trek just as the transporter flashed.

Does he have privileged access to some new technology?

[kluurs]

Some of us enjoy retirement. Others want to be carried out of their office on a stretcher. I think Mitch is one of the latter. I worked with a guy like that.

[jon-nyc]

Makes you wonder how many times it happened when the cameras weren’t rolling.

[Axtremus]

@xenon said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference:

Poor guy.

Indeed, I feel very bad for Sen. McConnell.

[George K]

[NobodySock]

@xenon said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference:

Poor guy. He should get out of the spotlight and work in some different capacity.

Saw a bunch of memes about him after the first incident - pretty cruel.

You can be assured, that if this was a Democrat Senate leader, the Right Side nation would literally have a nuclear explosion to make said memes look like nursery rhymes. Empathy is not their strongest point.

[George K]

@NobodySock said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference:

You can be assured, that if this was a Democrat Senate leader, the Right Side nation would literally have a nuclear explosion to make said memes look like nursery rhymes. Empathy is not their strongest point.

I'll just have to say "aye..."

[Mik]

It happens most times they trot Biden out. It’s sad then too, but don’t let anyone take that broad brush away from you.

For some reason, you look at the variety of people here, yet all you see is Larrys, Larrys all. It’s rather delusional.

[Copper]

@NobodySock said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference:

You can be assured, that if this was a Democrat Senate leader, the Right Side nation would literally have a nuclear explosion to make said memes look like nursery rhymes. Empathy is not their strongest point.

Should Right Side be capitalized? That doesn't look right.

If they literally have a nuclear weapon, I guess they can spell however they want.

That Right Side sounds really mean.

[NobodySock]

@Mik said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference:

It happens most times they trot Biden out. It’s sad then too, but don’t let anyone take that broad brush away from you.

For some reason, you look at the variety of people here, yet all you see is Larrys, Larrys all. It’s rather delusional.

I should make clear that I don’t consider the majority of you as part of the right side nation as I described the maga world. My apologies for all conservatives Here who have taken offense to the broadbrush that I have applied. Maga is intolerant. Maga is uneducated. Maga loves trump simply because he has the megaphone to say fuck you! You bastards who are responsible for making our lives so hard to eke out a livng. Am I right Jolly?

[Jolly]

Yep, I was talking to one of those uneducated Trump guys today. Shame what a lack of education can do to a man. Still, he's fairly content with his lot in life.

I guess he makes enough to scrape by. Most neurosurgeons do...

[Jolly]

BTW, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/08/30/if-mcconnell-retired-would-dem-gov-ignore-new-ky-law-over-senate-vacancies-n2627778

[George K]

Well, OK, then:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/31/mcconnell-freezes-doctor-letter/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

McConnell ‘medically clear’ to do job, says attending physician to Congress

“I have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team,” Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician to Congress, said in a statement Thursday. “After evaluating yesterday’s incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned.”
Monahan added: “Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration.” He referred to an incident in early March in which McConnell fell and suffered a concussion and a broken rib at a private dinner at a Washington hotel. The Kentucky Republican was absent from the Senate for nearly six weeks as he recovered from his injuries. He returned to the Senate in April.

On Wednesday, McConnell appeared to freeze for more than 20 seconds while taking questions from reporters after an event in Covington, Ky. A spokesman for McConnell said afterward that the Republican leader “felt momentarily lightheaded and paused during his press conference.” The episode was similar to one in July, in which McConnell froze mid-sentence at a news conference at the Capitol, and had to be escorted away.

[Horace]

Trust the science.

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/gop-senators-mcconnell-freeze-up-00113610

A handful of GOP senators are weighing whether to force a fraught internal debate about their leadership’s future after Mitch McConnell’s second public freeze-up in a month.

[George K]

Much has been made of Fetterman's disability. I'm still not convinced that he has cognitive dysfunction, rather than the inability to speak clearly.

But, look at how Diane Feinstein was treated. She's clearly not all there.

Time for her, and McConnell to step down.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K I am not "close to the action" but I really haven't seen much difference between the way Sen. Feinstein and Sen McConnell have been treated. Seems like their problems have been talked about.

Now, Sen Fienstein was hidden away from the public for a couple of months, but there are plenty of videos/articles out there when she had to be prompted by her aides, didn't understand the question, looked lost, etc.

One difference is that her aides do not let her speak by herself. She is never in a position to do a news conference, answer any questions from reporters, etc.

Sen Fienstein - a couple of Democrats have said she should resign. Majority stand by her
Sen McConnell - a couple of Republics have said she should resign (actually I dont think this has happened). Majority (or all) stand by him.